OutRun: Dispatches from Coconut Beach

It’s oft-repeated that Yu Suzuki said that OutRun is not racing game, but a driving game*. I've caught the OutRun bug a few times over the past decade, and every time I get sucked in I think about Suzuki’s claim. And what I think, more specifically, is that it isn’t really true. This has sort of become the accepted narrative of OutRun over the years. The game is a fantasy. It lets you pick the…